Ancient Greece

The Greeks visited Delphi so they could get advise from the god Apollo.

The money they paid to the league funds to secure them from the Persians was used by Athens to fund its fleet, and when peace was arranged with the Persians, Athens continued to collect the money and use it to beautify the city, keep half its people in public employment, and keep a hundred ships at sea collecting the money by force where necessary.

Property rights. Trial by jury. Prosecution and defence. Punishment by fine, execution or loss of citizenship.

However this is hardly a direct adaption by America from the Greek and Roman systems - these systems fed into European countries, and America adapted them from those European countries which founded and influences its development.

It involved the Greek in a destructive struggle for ascendancy between the Athenian empire, and the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta. It led to the dissolution of the Athenian empire, massive destruction in the Greek world, and solved little, with inter-city warfare continuing on amongst realigned allies afterwards.

they invented the Olympic game :)

The foods of ancient Greece were similar to foods we eat today, but did not include many that have become important parts of modern Greek cooking. For example, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and bananas didn't arrive in Greece until after the discovery of the Americas in the 15th century, because that's where those foods originated. Lemons, oranges, eggplant, and rice also arrived later. But the ancient Greeks enjoyed a varied diet. Vegetables, legumes, and fruit were the mainstay, and fish was a favorite. Hunting brought game to the menu.

It would be helpful if you gave the three peoples you are interested in knowing about, as many peoples dominated Greece over several thousand years.

One answer could be Achaeans, Dorians and Macedonians.

Another could be Hellenes, Romans and Turks,

etc etc.

== == The "Dark Ages" or "Middle Ages" are not unique for their superstitions and mythology. There has yet to be a race of human beings that has not produced or embraced a set of superstitions or fables. While indeed such things helped explain the unknown, it was seldom comforting filling the unknown with mysterious beings that were even more threatening.

Many of these mythologies and superstitions were brought over and adapted from the paganism of the barbarian tribes that over the centuries converted and became the Christians of the Middle Ages. In the face of intolerant Christian theology all ancient religions with their gods became superstitious practices that served demons. Since people believed in demons, it was easy to imagine the demons had taken specific forms and identities with which to taunt and injure the human race. What is remarkable is how often European tales speak of religious objects as means of warding off such creatures, often these were metaphors for how Christianity was more powerful than the old gods and pagan practices. The older mythologies speak of potions and protective words, pagan throwbacks, and thus often people that tried such things were associated with paganism and labeled as witches or warlocks since even good pagan charms must come from the devil. Add to this the frailty of life with sickness, famine, war and death a very close reality. Further, the Middle Ages were riddled with wonder workers, both saints and sinners. While the modern age may scoff at some of the claims, thousands witnessed events such as the raising of the dead, healings, weather shifting and strange victories and defeats. Fledging science was often mixed with superstition involving incantations and special ingredients since the knowledge just was not there to think success could be achieved otherwise.

The modern world is just as susceptible to mythology and superstition. In fact, a case could be made that the modern world is absolutely obsessed with such things, just as much if not more than any other time period in history. Just a hundred years ago the city of Los Angeles, so convinced by the blathering of drifter, awarded the man funding and equipment to make an excavation in what is now downtown LA to find the underground city of the Lizard people. He used up the money and disappeared after a week. Seriously, look it up. Apartment buildings are still constructed without a 13th floor. Presidents of recent memory and Prime Ministers, the same who brought us into the technological age, are known to have consulted astrologists. Our newspapers contain horoscopes, our store fronts feature psychics and people base success and failure on certain personal routines, clothes, words and lucky objects. Our mythology now is featured in comic books and TV shows depicting people with astounding abilities, heavenly bodies and impossible wealth. Many would scoff saying that we know such things are not real, yet if one combines all the surgeries, special devices, drugs and foods, dietary programs, seminars we are looking at billions of dollars and hours spent in the pursuit of our gods and goddesses, not to mention the money that is spent on therapy for failing to live the dream.

enagkalismee keh aspasmee

the stress is at the last syllable of each word.

εναγκαλισμοί και ασπασμοί

corinthian column

If is not really possible to answer this question if it does not specify what the following is. I will assume that it refers to democracy because this is seen the most important political legacy of the Greeks.

The Greeks had a complex mythology. They believed in divine beings, known as gods and goddesses, to explain natural phenomenas such as thunder, lightning, and death. The most poweerfull gods and goddesses were known as Olympians. They lived in Mt. Olympus. There mythology is probaly the best known mythology.

I believe it is the French city of Marseilles.

the first football looked quite like the footballs of today. although the first ball was made of a different material that is heavier than todays footballs it was nearly the same The footballs now are much better in being able to curl as seen in free-kicks

Spartans were a lot more aggressive and war-minded to other city states. Also women were seen as equals more than other city-states as they were allowed to go to school and take on male roles but in other ways they were inferior as they obeyed men like slaves.

The Spartans were a lot more conservative with their religion and everyday life as they would never build buildings of stone only certain temples, otherwise they would build it from wood as to why there is hardly any evidence of Sparta.

The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta against the Athenian empire resulted in the devastation of the Greek world, the defeat of Athens and its reduction to a second rate power, further wars between the Greek city-states in varying alliances, and the opportunity for Macedonia to impose control on the weakened Greek cities.

The message he gave to Athens was to convert the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of Athens and use the proceeds to spend on themselves. A no-brainer.

The first type of literature that the Greeks wrote was Drama.

someone who is neither entirely bad nor entirely evil, with whom the audience can identify, and for whom the audience can have sympathy.

A resident alien, not a citizen but part of society.

Much of Western philosophy until recently was centred on the works of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. The Greeks laid the first foundations of western science. European literature was greatly influenced by Greek and Latin literature. The architecture and sculpture of the Renaissance (14th-16th centuries) Baroque (17th-18th centuries) and neoclassicism (18th-20 centuries) were based on the architecture and sculpture of the Romans. The themes of the sculptures and paintings of these three artistic period were often Greek and Roman myths. Roman civil law had provided the foundation of the civil law of many modern countries.

Until recently, the classics (the Greek and the Romans) were an important part of the education of the elites.

The Romans have also given us Christianity. Judea was part of the Roman province of Syria; that is, it was part of the Roman Empire. Christianity spread around the Roman Empire. Both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity originally developed in the Roman Empire, the former in its western part, the latter in its western part.

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Have you ever wondered who invented geometry, all those theorems and postulates; over a hundred to remember? Why couldn't they just make it simple and get rid of the useless postulates and theorems? Should we just get rid of them? Well then we would be arguing with the greatest ancient civilization before Rome; Greece. One person might say, "Who cares? They are long gone; that was over 2000 years ago." Actually, many people care, people come from all around to look at our nation's capital building and The White House, both of which were built with Greco-Roman architecture. The same style used by the Greeks who originally used it. Now, if the geometry theorems go then we must also get rid of the white house because it has some Greek aspects to it, we wouldn't want to be hypocrites, would we? The truth that many people don't know is that Greece had a major impact on the development of western civilization. The Greeks made gigantic leaps in the fields of math science, and medicine, some of their ideas still hold true today. Ok, back to those theorems. All those math students out there should know that the man behind the geometrical madness is a man by the name of Euclid, living around the time of 300 B.C. One of his most basic theorems was this one, recovered from his book, Elements, "Proposition 15, THEOREM: If two straight lines cut on another, the vertical, or opposite, angles shall be equal." (Elements, Euclid, 300 B.C.) That specific book, Elements was used in universities all the way until about the 1900's. That's a long time for a book to go unchanged, no one could have stated his theorems better, or rewrite his lessons. He is the father of geometry and no once can take that away from him. So if you're stuck on geometry and need another source, look up Euclid, he will set you straight. Another great man of the mathematics and sciences was Hippocrates, not to be confused with the word hypocrite. This man was one of medicine, the first "doctor" if you will. He was revolutionary in his techniques of healing; he used science to help people with stomachaches, earaches, toothaches, and some sicknesses. This great man lives from around 460 B.C. to 377 B.C. the reason I said he was quite the opposite of a hypocrite was the fast that he created an oath that he and all his pupils had to take before practicing medicine, "I will follow that treatment which, according to my ability and judgment, I will consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is harmful. I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked nor suggest any such advice…" (Excerpt from the Hippocratic Oath, Hippocrates.) As you can clearly see, he was a man of truth, for there are no loopholes in his oath. He practiced medicine for the good of his patients; he was a man of honor. So what, he made an oath, what is big deal? It wouldn't be such a big deal, but the fact that every licensed doctor today must have been able to recite this oath, so next time you visit the doctor, ask him about it, see if he still knows it. This is no reflection on the doctor if they don't know it; trust your doctors. The Greeks are also remembered for their philosophers and their desire for athletic competition. Three of their greatest philosophers were students of the last one, they were revolutionary, creating schools and educating the masses. These three men's legacy started with Socrates, but because Socrates wrote absolutely no books, much of what we know is from Plato's books (his student). He was a great philosopher for the one question he repeatedly asked passerby, "What is the greatest good?" (14) He would listen to people's responses and analyze them using a method called the Socratic Method, and early version of the Scientific Method, he would pose a hypothesis and try to answer it. Sadly, because of his frequent questioning, he began to assume that the gods weren't as powerful as every one said they were. So when he was seventy years old he was put on trial, as a heretic, poisoning the minds of youths, and disrespecting the gods. He was sentenced to death by hemlock, a quick toxin. His student Plato was distraught from his mentor's death, so he fled Greece to ponder hid thoughts. When he returned ten years later, he set up a school called the Academy. In one of his most famous books

Republic, Plato expressed his distaste for democracy, because it had put Socrates to death. He promoted reform his ideal society was, "three classes: workers to produce necessities of life, soldiers to defend the state, and philosophers to rule." (15) This you might agree with and you might not, but at least he was trying to think outside of the box, which what made Greece great. His most famous student's name was Aristotle; he contributed largely to the Western Civilization by his ideal forms of government. In his book, Politics, he wrote, "And the rule of law, it is argued, is preferable to that of any individual. On the same principle, even if it be better for certain individuals to govern, they should be made only guardians and ministers of the law." (Politics, Aristotle) The way this principle worked is that none stood above the law. This ideal is now at the heart of many governments all over the world, even ours. His other writings on politics, ethics, biology, and literature were used as course guides when universities began appearing the 1500's. The Olympics, were also originated in Greece, they were an event held every four years to have the individual city-states compete for athletic superiority. Of course we take it much more seriously in this day and age, but it still does the same thing that it did back then, it brought nations together, to converse and share ideas. Architectural style is a big thing that Greece gave to us but no one ever notices. The Parthenon, the Greek house of the gods, was constructed mainly of pillars supporting a triangular roof. The pillars are grooved vertically and fan out at the top to form a design of some sort. Notice this on any houses? How about a big white one in Washington D. C? The Greeks also carved into marble and other rocks as designs for the top of the temple, we replicate that with intricate masonry on our churches. "The Discus Thrower" (DBQ8) is one of the first stone masterpieces of its time, and stonework carried over to later civilization. Is stone carving was never thought of, we wouldn't have works, like "The Thinker" and "David." So, do we really want to get rid of those theorems after all? We would have to throw out all the other Greek contributions. If we did then there goes society as we know it, Thank you Euclid for your complex geometric thinking, without is we would be still trying to figure volume by guessing with sand. Thank you Hippocrates for your medical treatments. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, thank you for you out of the box thinking, we sure did need it. And thank you to the people of Greece, for the Olympics to bring us together. And for your architectural, ideas, and for you art, we would be very plain without them. Greece played a major role in the creation of civilization of the west.

He had to walk a careful middle line - to reduce the power of the aristocracy without going too far, and adding benefits to the lower classes, again without bringing retribution form the aristocracy. It was too much for one side and too little fro the other.

Aristophanes was a playwright in Ancient Greece. He is believed to have written at least 40 plays, 11 of which have been found intact. Among these plays are The Frogs and Lysistrata. He is also known as the father of Comedy.

Aristotle